A little over a year ago Google added SMS text messaging to GMail. It was a great feature and one which was a no-brainer to include in Google Voice when it was launched as a way to address a user’s telephony needs online. Now, SMS text messaging is getting yet another enhancement. Users will now be able to send SMS messages to multiple recipients at once through Google Voice.

The first fear you might have when reading that is the potential for the feature to be used as a means to distribute spam–don’t worry. The feature is limited to sending a single SMS message to only five recipients at a time. Another concern is that once you send out the message replies would be organized into a single conversation though there are multiple recipients. Google thought of that as well. Each reply will be threaded into separate conversations.

The feature sounds great, but easy access to it really puts it over the top. Users will be able to access the feature from the Google Voice Chrome extension and will soon also have the ability through the Google Voice mobile app as well. Google is putting the convenience of email into SMS messaging.